Pashnev, V.K.; Tarasov, I.K.; Sitnikov, D.A.; Bondarenko, V.N.; Chechkin, V.V.; Shapoval, A.N.; Pavlichenko, R.O.; Tarasov, M.I.; Sorokovoy, E.L.; Petrushenya, A.A.; Skibenko, A.I.; Karpuhin, L.L.; Lozin, A.V.
(Вопросы атомной науки и техники, 2013)
In the U-3M torsatron a significant chord-averaged plasma density increase is observed after the RF-heating termination. The objective of this work is to find out possible mechanisms resulting in plasma density increasing.